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== Hampshire Probate Courts == | == Hampshire Probate Courts == | ||
The following probate courts had some jurisdiction over the county of Hampshire prior to 1858; note that most of Hampshire was covered by its largest court jurisdiction, called--the Court of the Bishop of Winchester (Episcopal Consistory), but the county also had numerous concurrent smaller jurisdictions called "peculiars" courts as well (see the "Staffordshire Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" section below to determine the correct court jurisdiction for the parish in which you may be searching): | |||
*[[Court of the Bishop of Winchester (Episcopal Consistory)]] | |||
*[[Episcopal Consistory Court of Winchester]] | |||
*[[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)]] | |||
*[[Court of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Lichfield]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Alrewas and Weeford]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Burton on Trent]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Colwich]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Eccleshall]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Gnosall]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Hansacre and Armitage]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of High Offley and Flixton]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Longdon]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Pattingham]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Penkridge]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Prees or Pipe Minor]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Sedgely]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Tettenhall]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Tyrley]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Whittington and Baswich]] | |||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of Wolverhampton]] | |||
<br>In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] held jurisdiction over England including both the provinces of York and Canterbury. Mostly the wealthy but occasionally from among even those of modest means who owned property in more than one diocese or smaller court jurisdictions, as well as Royal Naval personnel--often had their estates proven through one of the Archbishop's court. | |||
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Hampshire Probate Courts == | == Some Explanatory Notes on the Hampshire Probate Courts == | ||